Von Richthofen & Brown
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Movie Reviews of Von Richthofen & Brown
Movie Review: Another Might Have Been
Summary: 3 Stars
What a shame. Life and death combat in gasoline powered kites, heroic personalities and nostalgia of a dramatic time were rendered uninteresting by wooden performances and mediocre costuming. See The Blue Max instead. Its German pilots are also all inaccurately kitted out in Uhlan uniforms but at least its story is more compelling and the acting is better. And Usula Andress is not hard to watch either. Someday maybe HBO will do this right. Until then, it's pretty much these two movies and "Dawn Patrol".Movie Review: von Richthofen & Brown
Summary: 3 Stars
Great video for WW1 aircraft and flying scens the names of the flyers are real other than that, more fiction than non=fiction. John phillp Law's Brown a Bit overacted. But great air scenes worth the buy for that.Movie Review: WWI Aviation Aces
Summary: 3 Stars
Valiant effort at recreating the feel of WWI aviation but 'over acting' is a detriment. It is still an enjoyable motion picture none the less.Movie Review: Umm...yeah...
Summary: 2 Stars
Well, the French countryside they fly over is quite beautiful. That said, there are many annoying aspects to this film. It really comes off as a spaghetti Western, with the odd, foreign look of the cast (I would have thought this was filmed in Hungary or Romania, quite frankly), lips that don't always match the words, and props that just don't quite cut it ("flashlight" and "cigarette lighter" machine guns, ultra-red fake blood, etc). Most annoying of all (for me, anyway) is that the airplanes themselves are devoid of ANY wear, splattered oil, patch repairs, etc, and the propellers are painted the same color as the planes... you'd swear they're plastic models done by some beginning modeller! The casting could have been better, also: von Richthofen, modestly athletic and of medium height, is portrayed by the tallest, lankiest actor on the film, while Goering, well-known for his large size (even in WWI, though he wasn't fat then), is played by the shortest guy in the cast. Historically, the film is so-so: as a former cavalry officer (uhlan), would Richthofen REALLY have used his plane to run down and terrify a poor horse for no reason? The love between ANY cavalrymen and their horses is world famous, so I was rather P.O.d by this bit of fiction. Also, I don't believe it was a collision with Richthofen that caused the death of his instructor, Boelcke, but rather with another pilot of the same squadron. And of course, Brown simply did not shoot down Richthofen... that dubious honor goes, most likely, to an Australian MG crew as the Baron banked his plane too low to the ground (the bullet entered the top of his skull, not the back). The best props were the motor vehicles, especially the staff car with the Imperial German eagle painted on the door: nice job by the research folks on that one! Overall, great color quality. Fairly boring, however... IMHO, the Blue Max is a far better movie in every regard (historical feel, uniforms, romance, combat action, and storyline). The box art is spectacular, but should almost be considered false advertising, since the scene depicted never occurs in the film.Movie Review: It's no longer the worst movie on the subject
Summary: 2 Stars
Quite aside from the historical gaffes-- which are many and well documented by others-- it's a really lousy movie because the characters are so clumsy. Everyone is nasty to everyone else. Bad attitudes pass for 'drama.'
I thought it was the worst movie on the subject of all time, but have recently seen the newer "The Red Baron." While that movie has much nicer airplanes, it has its own long list of historical absurdities-- I think it 'wins' the race to fairy tale.
But on top of that, the dialogue is so silly and the editing so chopped up that you can't even follow the storyline.
So "Von Richthofen and Brown" is only the 2nd worst movie on the subject. Still awful.